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MJHS in Focus Winter 2020 HOME CARE HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE in ISABELLA & MENORAH CENTERS FOR REHABILITATION AND NURSING CARE ELDERPLAN/HOMEFIRST INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATION IN PALLIATIVE CARE FOCUSWinter 2020 Inside This Issue Thank you to all of our 2019 donors. Without you, MJHS Health System would not be able to provide many of the extraordinary programs and services that make such a difference in the lives of our patients and their families. Throughout this issue you will see your name recognized as a tribute to your support. 2 MJHS Hospice Goes to Broadway 8 MJHS Health System Announces Three New Leaders Note for Note, our Annual Hospice Month Fundraiser did not Disappoint! New Leaders of MJHS Board of Directors and Departments 4 Martina’s Story 10 MJHS Institute Unveils Online Palliative Care Learning Series How HomeFirst is Helping a Dependent Member Remain Independent A High Quality, Sustainable Community-based Palliative Care Education Program 5 Jason Steadman Memorial Fund 11 The Isabella NORC Program Honoring Jason’s Memory by Supporting Family Caregivers Helping Adults Age Safely in Their Home 6 Mollie and Jack Zicklin Hospice Rededicated 15 Leaving a Legacy of Generosity 16 Private and Spacious Home-Like suites at Menorah Center Contribute to the Future of MJHS by Planning a Special Gift 7 As Sweet as the Sugar Plum Fairy 16฀ Annual฀Golf฀Classic MJHS Hospice Clinicians Deliver Holiday Cheer New Decade. New Course. Great Drive. MJHS HEALTH SYSTEM announces NEWTHREE LEADERS Continued on page 8 MJHS HOSPICE GOES TO BROADWAY and 39 Broadway, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10006 (212) 356-5300 | www.mjhs.org MJHS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Officers Danielle Rollmann, Chair Bradley Fluegel, Vice Chair Burton Esrig, Secretary William Gormley, Sr., Treasurer Directors sings the night Alexander S. Balko Eli Feldman Arthur Goshin, MD, Immediate Past Chair Stephen Jackson Benjamin Karsch Amir Kishon Shmuel Lefkowitz away Ronald Milch Jay Talbot Steven Topal Ann Wyatt MJHS SENIOR LEADERSHIP Alexander S. Balko, President and CEO Note for note, our annual National Hospice and Palliatve Care Month Jeffrey Davis, CFO fundraiser did not disappoint! The evening began with an inspiring Robert E. Leamer, EVP, General Counsel, program and ended with a Broadway show that got everyone on their feet! Chief Administrative Officer David Wagner, President, Health Plans urt Esrig, MJHS Hospice Board Chair, kicked expensive. Unfortunately, many of these services Terese Acampora, COO, MJHS Hospice and Home Care Bthings off by highlighting what makes our aren’t reimbursed by government programs or Loyola Princivil-Barnett, COO, program so extraordinary, including that in 2018, private insurance. This is why it’s so meaningful MJHS Centers for Rehabilitation 385 MJHS clinicians provided hospice care to and Nursing Care that event supporters helped us raise $376,800! 5,600 patients and supported an additional 945 Later in the program, Burt introduced the packed in patients with palliative care. Reflecting New York’s audience to Ilene Frischer, who is a recent MJHS diversity, our patients and clinicians spoke a total Hospice volunteer of the month. FOCUS of 32 different languages. She’s also the remarkable widow Executive Editors: Diane Ashley, And, when the time came, our Linda Schur Scalettar of a man who chose our hospice bereavement coordinators led Managing Editor: Audrey Waters program for his end-of-life more than 1,900 bereavement Design Director: Tricia Chambers care. You could hear a pin Contributors: Zayra Arrieta, sessions, and placed more than drop as Ilene talked about her Duane McFarlane and 5,400 calls, in order to help Allison Mondell Wesalo husband’s hospice journey five families learn how to grieve The articles in this publication years ago and what inspired her may be reproduced in whole or after their loved one’s passing. in part, provided credit is given to become a volunteer. For the to MJHS. The extraordinary services we past two years, she has visited provide—including spiritual weekly with our hospice patients Our quality health care support, music and art therapy, providing support during a services are made as well as overseeing nearly difficult time. possible with support 11,530 volunteer hours—are from generous donors to MJHS Foundation. Continued To make a donation call (212) 356-5300 or visit mjhsfoundation.org THANK YOU 2019 EMPLOYEE GIVING CAMPAIGN Every year our very own employees raise funds for Alexander S. Balko, MJHS President & CEO, then positively impacted by hospice care, Steve vowed to the programs and services emphasized that even in the midst of regulatory and remain involved with MJHS Hospice. He kept that of MJHS! Thank you to our budget challenges, MJHS has never wavered from promise and joined the board. During his remarks, employees who not only give to providing quality care with compassion, dignity Steve spoke movingly about the people who inspire us every day by caring for our and respect. and encourage him each and every day. community but also go above and beyond to donate funds to Steve Rotter was presented with this year’s Feeling uplifted, attendees made their way to the ensure we can continue caring Humanitarian of the Year Award. After seeing theater and traveled along the musical highway for those in need. the exemplary care his mom received from MJHS of The Temptations story, plus sang along to the Anonymous (77) Hospice and how the final chapter of her life was legendary Motown sound. Cliff Abbasi Antoine Abed Cristian Abreu Terese Acampora Pedro Acevedo Pamela Adams Thad K. Adams Constance Adjei Margaret Agard Vitaly Agaronov Enrique Aguilar Sulaiman Aibana Violetta Akopjanova Nayo Akowe Rebecca Akyuz Gina Alaimo Moonyean Albarico Lisa Albert THANK YOU SPONSORS! Ginny Alcantara Susan Alessi Ross Alexander Premier Event Sponsors Ninite Alexandre Verode Alexis Lauren Alfke Afonne Alimole Dawn Allen Vaughn Allen Doretha Alston Angela Amato Maria Andrade Event Sponsors Ramona Andrini Lily Ang Pacita Ansari Giuseppina Antignani Sandra Apreza-Meza Platinum Sponsors Yevgeniya Arakelova Yakubzon Karl Archibald Marie Aristil Maribel Aristy Jane Arkinstall Gold Sponsors Colin Armond Maria Armora Madeleine and Alexander Balko Elara Caring Newmark Knight Frank Viviana Arrieta Capital One Bank Morgan Stanley Private Judy and Burt Resnick Zayra Arrieta Cushman and Wakefield Wealth Management Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP Paulette Asante Olga Asherov To be part of our 2020 Hospice fundraiser, please call (212) 356-5823. 3 THANK YOU 2019 EMPLOYEE GIVING CAMPAIGN Diane Ashley Ambrozene Ashman Frank Attanasia Ducarmel Axis Martina’s Story Craig Azoff Clara Baez Natividad Baez How HomeFirst is Helping a Yokasty Baez-Jimenez Dependent Member Remain Melissa Baguzis Bradley Bailey Independent Donna Bailey Janice Bailey Tricia Bailey Kenul Bakhshiyeva Alexander Balko Martina* is an 85-year-old woman who is not only wheelchair bound—but is unable to wheel Carol Ban herself. This makes her totally dependent on others. When we first met her in mid-2015, Neema Bandyopadhyay Martina lived on her own and felt strongly about not going into a nursing home, a position Guirlenda Baptiste Yelena Baranovskiy fully supported by her younger brother. So, when she enrolled in HomeFirst, it became Olga Barbakova our responsibility—as her managed long-term care plan (MLTCP)—to provide the care and Kerry Ann Barclay support she so desperately needed to remain safely at home. Sheryl Barker Agnes Bartholomew As soon as Martina enrolled we immediately In addition, we arranged for Meals on Wheels so Vinnette Bartley conducted a full assessment that revealed Martina Martina would have food while she waited for the Marianela Bartolome had multiple health conditions, including heart food stamps to be put in place. However, knowing Maryann Basilio Edward Bather disease, diabetes, kidney disease and mild dementia. that it was Friday of Memorial Day weekend, and Robert Baugh In collaboration with her brother, we developed a that it was highly unlikely that Meals on Wheels Dipti Bayas comprehensive care plan that included providing could begin providing services before Tuesday, my Michael Bazerman a home health aide (HHA) 24 hours a day, seven supervisor and I knew we needed to do more. We Beverley Beecher days a week. Over the next four both chipped in. Then, after Andrew Bekirman years, we checked in on Martina work, I bought groceries and “ You could see the relief and Carlos Belardo monthly, conducted follow-up went straight to Martina’s home appreciation on her face. Alexey Belevich in-home assessments every six to bring her the food and see As her Care Management Irina Belkina months and remained in regular firsthand how she was doing. It so Supervisor, it was so fulfilling, Kimberly Bender communication with Martina’s moved me to see the near empty Francisca Benjamin but it didn’t stop there.” brother about her care plan. pantry and the obvious emotional Robert Bennett impact the situation had on her. Brunese Benoit This past May, we received a call Natalie Berezovsky from the licensed agency that provides her HHAs, I explained to Martina that we’d put a plan in place Amanda Bermudez advising us that Martina had run out of food. They to make sure she would never go hungry again and Rosie Bernard told us that her brother, who usually visited monthly that her finances would be managed safely. You Howard Bernstein and provided money for household expenses, never could see the relief and appreciation on her face. Steve Bert came. Despite repeated attempts, they were unable As her Care Management Supervisor, it was so Marilyn Best to contact him. We learned later that he had taken ill fulfilling, but it didn’t stop there. Mark Beyer but happily report he has since fully recovered. Edgar Biazon Given the trauma Martina experienced, we Paul Blanco Martina’s HomeFirst team immediately activated a scheduled an early in-home assessment.
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